Crib attachment for go-carts.



(LS. HEATH.

CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR GO-CARTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.25, 1913.

1,138,472. Patented May 4, 1915.

2 SHEET$-SHEET I.

INVENTOR WITNESSES Cary S. Heodh A TTORIVEYS THE NORRIS PETERS CO" FHQTC'LITHO.I WASHINGTON. D. C-

CARY S. HEATH, OF MONTROSE, COLORADO.

CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR GO-CARTS.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented May 4, 1915.

Application filed January 25, 1913. Serial No. 744,199.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CARY S. HEATH, a citi- I zen of the United States, and a resident of Montrose, in the county of Montrose and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Crib Attachment for Go-Carts, of which the following is a full, clear, and

1 exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a crib of a form to be attachable to and detachable from an ordinary foldlng go-cart of any approved form.

A further object of my invention is to provide a firm leg supportfor the front:

of the crib, together with fastening means for the rear end of the crib, to detachably secure the crib body to the top frame of r the cart body, at the rear.

A further object of my invention is to provide for folding the front leg support of the crib body, and for securely fastening the lower end of the same to the front of the I body frame of the cart.

The invention will be particularly explained in the specific description hereinafter to be given.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a go-cart in erect form, having my improved crib attachment superimposed thereon and fastened in place, parts of said go-cart and attachment being broken away and others in section; Fig. 2 is a partly sectional rear elevation; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan vlew of the crib body, with the front leg support in section; Fig. 4 is a detail bottom plan view showing a modification in the rear fastening means; Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 4, and showing in section the the go-c'art, when the crib body is superimposed on the go-cart, as in Figs. 1 and 2. At

the front, the crib body 11 has a depending leg support 14, the legs having a crossbar 15 that carries a depending hook 16, adapted to engage the front bar 17 of the body frame 18 of the go-cart, the bottom ends of the-leg members 14 being adapted to rest on said bar, and desirably for this purpose, being formed with concave recesses 14*.

In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the leg members 14 are hinged to the crib body 11, by providing hanger brackets 19 on the bottom frame 12, at the front, and oppositely reciprocating slide bolts 20. The bolts 20 are pivotally connected at their inner ends to a lever 21, the pivot 22 of which depends from abolster23 onthe under side of the frame .12. The inner ends of the slide bolts are pivoted as at 24, to the lever 21 and said lever has an arm 25 for rocking the lever on its fulcrum, the free end of said arm having a head 26 to overlie one of the bolts 20 when the bolts are in the outer position and the arm 25 parallel therewith, or approximately so. A stud or pin 28 may be provided, over which the arm 25 will snap when in the closed position, and also eyes 27 may be provided on the under side of the frame 12,'through which the bolts 20 move, it be: ingunderstood that the eyes 27 permit freedom of movement to the bolts 20 in response to the rocking of the lever 21. Should it be desired to remove the leg members 14, the lever 21 may be rocked to withdraw'the bolts 20 from the upper ends of the said legs and from thekeepers 19. Ordinarily the bolts constitute a hinge for the legs.

I To fasten the rear end of the crib body 11 to the top frame member 13 of the body of the go-cart, slide bolts 20 are provided, connected with the lever 21*, elements 22*, 23

24, 25 26 27 and 28 being provided corresponding with similar elements at the front .as described. The bolts are adapted to engage at their outer ends in hangers 19 provided on the under side of the frame 12 of the crib. body, in positions to extend downward outside of the frame members 13of the cart, and receive said members 13 within the hangers. The pivot 22 and bolster 23 secure the lever 21 sufficiently below the frame 12 to leave a space between the slide bolts 20 and said frame 12 to accommodate the members 13 of the go-cart.

In the form shown in Figs. 4: and 5, the bottom frame 12 of the crib body is provided with slide bolts 20", having headsor fingerpieces 20 constituting handles for sliding the bolts in keepers 19*, 19, on said frame, for projecting the slide bolts beneath the top frame members 18 of the gocart body. The slide bolts 2O may have stop pins 29 thereon to limit the movements of thebolts. p In Fig. 6 the leg member 14 having the cross bar 15 and the hook 16 for engaging the bar 17 of the go-ca rt,-as previously described are secured to bolts-31and nuts 32 that pass through the leg members 1 1 "and through thehangers 30 on the under side of the bottom frame 12 of the crib body, so that the leg support'ha's a hinge connection to fold, similarly to the first-described construction, upwardly and rearw'ardly against the under side of the crib body. I It will be seen that'by means ofmy improved attachment, the go-cart will constitute a desirable and convenient supporting means for the crib attachment and that the latter will be firmly secured in place. The folding legs enable me to adjust the 'crib attachment in compact form when not in use on the go-cart, and convenient for ship- If desired, the cribfattachment may have a canopy bow 33 as'in Figs. 1 and 2, for holding mosquito netting or the like.

The described construction affords a practical means for carrying my invention into effect, and I would state in conclusion that I do not limit myself'strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departing from the spirit'of my invention.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A crib attachment for go-carts' and the like, comprising anindependent bodily movable crib body adapted to be removably superimposed upon the body'of the cart and having means for detachably securing it to the cart, said separate front and rear fastening means being at the under side of the crib od 2 A crib attachment for go-cartsand the like, comprising an independent bodily movable crib body adapted to be removably superimposed upon the bodyof the cart, at the top of the latter, said crib'body having at the under side, at the front, a depending leg support to rest on the front end of the cart body, at the bottom of the latter, the crib body furthermore having on the under side thereof, near the rear end, movable fastening means to detachably engage the top frame of the cart body.

3. A .crib attachment for gorcarts and the like, comprising an independent bodily movable crib body adapted to be removably superimposed upon the body of the cart, at the top of the latter, said crib body having at the under side, at the front, a depending leg support to rest on the cart body, at the bottom of the latter, the crib body furthermore having on the under side thereof, near the rear end, movable fastening means to v detachably engage the top frame of the cart superimposed upon'the body of thecart, at

the top thereof, fastening means on the Under side ofthe b od'y, near the rear end to detachably engage the'top frame of the cart body, a'depending leg support on thecrib body atthe frontada'pted to rest on the top of the cart, at the'bottom of the latter, and fastening means carried by said support at the lower endthereof, adapted to detachably engage the cart body.

a 5. A crib attachment for go-carts and the like, comprising an independent bodily movable crib body having a bottom frame adapted at its rear endto rest on the top of the cart body, said crib body being provided with transversely sliding fastening members at each side, at the'bottom, there'being a space between the said fasteners and the bottom frame of the crib body to receive the top frame members of the cart body and permit the fasteners to slide beneath the said members, said crib body having the leg support depending from the bottom frame, at the front, and adapted to rest on the bottom of the cart body.

6. A cribattachment adapted to be super imposed upon the body of a go-cart or the like, and comprising an indepe'ndentbodily movable crib body having a bottom frame, keepers on said frame, at the front, legs depending from theframe, and slide bolts on the said frame engaging said keepers and legs, the said bolts constituting hinges for the legs and being movable to withdraw them from the keepers and legs, to detach the legs.

7. A crib attachment adapted to be'superimposed upon the body of a go-cart or the like, and comprising an independent, bodily movable crib body having a bottom frame, transversely movable means carried by the cribbody at the under side at the rear end thereof, adapted to secure the said crib body to the side rails of a go-cart, legs hinged to the crib body at the under side, at the front end, the said legs being of a length to rest name to this specification in the presence of uponbtle front crooss bar atdthe gottom ofha two subscribing Witnesses. cart 0 y, a, cross ar exten ing etweent e legs, and a hook pivoted on the said cross CARY HEATH 5 bar of the legs and adapted to engage the Witnesses: front cross bar on the cart body. GEORGE A. CAssELL, i

In testimony whereof I have signed my AYLMER REEVES, Jr.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. G." 

